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Culver Creek: Poem Analysis

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Elizabeth Reicher p4 Miles Halter, a junior in high school, had one friend at best in his hometown in Florida. His favorite activity is to memorize the last words of famous people, his favorite of them all was “I go to seek a great perhaps”, stated by the poet Francois Rebalais. Miles feels that his life now in Florida is not up to par with what he wishes it was. The prospect of boarding school excites Miles and is a family legacy on his dad’s side. Mrs. Halter, Miles’s mom, is nervous for him and doesn’t want him to leave but his dad thinks Culver Creek will be good for him. Miles is unsure what he is looking for but has hope this change will result in the discovery of his “great perhaps”. Once his parents leave him at Culver Creek in Alabama

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